as very nice and quiet. she and her two-year-old son get exercise by walking at this complex every day, but now the other residents of growing concerns about their safety and security. >> we saw the police cars and flashing lights all over, which is unusual, because this is a very quiet neighborhood. >> they are investigating a home invasion and robbery. it happened around 9:00 friday night. >> when i saw the helicopter lights focusing on the deck and nearby, i thought something must be wrong. >> a woman was going to her apartment when she heard footsteps behind her. she tried to get in her home and a man with a gun came out from behind and demanded money pushing his way inside. the man took her purse and stole items from a second victim in the apartment. >> are really scared about that.

we thought this was pretty safe. obviously it's not. >> there was trouble last summer at the complex. >> it's frightening. >> they are a member of the resident's board. >> it's not the first time it's happened in this community, so it's getting very scary. shia been trying to get extra security. >> i'm glad the person is ok. maybe we should all talk is a community of, this particular village. the police say there is no description on the suspect and that their investigation continues. live from downtown baltimore, barry simms, wbal-tv 11 news. >> hagerstown police have charged a man and with attempted murder after a two-hour standoff. he allegedly stabbed a younger female family member in the torso. the 38-year-old is charged with possession of a deadly weapon.

they found the victim on the front porch of the home and she was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries. he barricaded in his house and arrested him without using force after several negotiations. possibility of spending life in prison for a man accused of killing a man and his remains were discovered in a vacant learning home in baltimore city. back in april 2011, they found the charred remains of a man in the basement. after four days of trial, he was found guilty of murder, theft, and arson. he killed him during a dispute over drugs and then burn his body and stole his car. he is facing life and the sentencing is in april. >> almost one week after the training was shot in owings mills, they have named a new director of the department of education and training. major joseph smith was appointed

today and he will be officially introduced to recruit damned training instructors tomorrow when limited operations are expected to resume. he replaces maj russell put on administrative suspension. it, we discovered last tuesday that 46-year-old william kearn accidentally grabbed and fired his duty weapon money was supposed to be using a training weapon. the victim, at last check, is in critical condition. baltimore city democrats are moving one step closer to filling the seat. they nominated need our harbor to finish out harrison's term representing the district in the maryland house of delegates. she died last month. sure the longest serving delegate in the house and the first african-american woman ever to cherry legislative committee in maryland. her name will go before the committee on wednesday.

>> president obama arriving back in washington tonight, but not lawmakers. they are in recess all week while a handful of important issues remain in limbo. we have more on how people are reacting to congress taking a break. >> looking around, you would not guess they have less than two weeks to avoid $85 billion in automatic spending cuts. the streets are bare and the doors to congressional offices are locked. >> its credit the stress and they are not here. -- it is quite distressing to. >> they only have four days to determine this when they get back. >> i hope they get information out from their constituents. >> lawmakers are working towards a deal even while they are away. >> the question is whether we have to go over the edge on the

sequester and have people absorber the impact of it in order to solve this. >> it amidst a budget deadline, they're also considering emigration control and -- gun control and immigration reform. they want to create a path toward citizenship and-mortar security. at the white house leaked a plan they will push if they fail. >> de leaked it on purpose so that they will come together. >> coming together is not their strong suit and right now, the clock is ticking. >> also still in limbo, senator hagel's nomination. they say they will allow it to go forward as soon as they come back. wbal-tv 11 news. >> according to congressional observers, they get one week off for every federal holiday coming two weeks for spring break, one

month in august. many members come in on tuesday and leave thursday evening. he has launched the and no deal, no break campaign. a major green effort announced on federal hill that will go for the next several years. >> they help what they are doing will set an example for other neighborhoods around the city. lowell melser joins us live with the latest. >> the upper put forward by both the business and residential community here in federal hill has been in the works for quite some time. now that the funding is in place, it has become a reality. various members of federal hill thinking greener broke ground to plant a new tree in front of the tech center on monday. it is all part of a green project in the south baltimore neighborhood that the mayor hopes will set an example for other neighborhoods. >> it's a unique, historic

neighborhood, so this is kind of project with the community and residents of working together in partnership, that is how we will get baltimore growing. >> it is a cooperative effort between the residential and business communities coming together with a common goal of cleaning up in bettering the neighborhood. >> the fact we're able to get all the businesses, the associations, and the neighborhood association together for something that contribute to the betterment of the entire neighborhood, something we can all share in is a win-win. >> there are three phases which includes planting trees, uprooting that once, and maintaining healthy trees. -- uprooting dead ones. trees are a great place to start in making the neighborhood looking and feel better. >> i'm grateful to have a turn

out to help share information and awareness about our green canopy in the city. >> reimold meltzer, wbal-tv 11 news. >> fixing things that are broken, one dozen community volunteers gathering together to try to renovate a closed iraq's center they hope to see reopening soon. lisa robinson is live with that story. >> for the most part, they give up their holiday working your very hard from 11:00 until about three this afternoon. >> this is where i have chosen to invest. this is my home. my neighborhood. i do not have kids here yet. >> they put their heart and sweat into cleaning up the recreational center. those who live here in charles village are doing a lot of the work. they want to have it up and

running for students to go to the school and others who live in the community. the rec center next to the elementary school here on east 29th became a victim of budget cuts. >> this is one of the sixth sites they closed. >> floors are being redone and some retuning needs to be done. >> there will be some hardware needing replaced. >> the rec center should use some donations. if you have 50-60 chairs, they'll take them. lisa robinson, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the latest numbers on flu cases. >> a good thing for a change.

>> darren o'day has a lot of money he needs to put away. >> rain heading this way. in baltimore, 37. 42 at the inner harbor. >> live, local, late breaking. you're watching wbal-tv 11 news at 6 with rod daniels, donna hamilton, tom tasselmyer, gerry sandusky, and sky team 11 covering breaking news. covering breaking news. wbal-tv 11 news continues in

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>> good news to report after a tough flu season. >> the number of people getting sick is beginning to decline. we're 2016 states that experienced minimal activity. in september -- in december they sought 8-10 per week and now is down to one per week. >> a lot of people prior to this were going to work and trying to push through things when they should have been staying home, coughing without covering their mouth, using their hand to cover their mouth and greeting people. we have a more heightened cognizance of what the spreading flew looks like.

>> the cdc reports 11 states and new york city are still experiencing high flu activity. do not let your guard down just yet. >> 9/11 insta-weather + forecast with tom tasselmyer. >> president stay around here cambria lot of wintry weather. it dumped snow fall everywhere 10 years ago, 25-35 inches of snow. another big presidents they blizzard, but this time, cold but no snow. six below the average. the morning low was a cold 20. the record low during the blizzard, three degrees. clear skies around the region right now, but some high, thin cloud are approaching from the west, the first signs of a new weather system. first to arrive, a warm front. 31 in west virginia.

32. here. off to the west of us, it is actually warmer than it is on the east. that is the first sign of this warm front pushing the southwestern breeze and milder into the region tonight. mainly clear skies tonight and then some high, thin cloud coming across the mountains towards us but generally dry and cool toward the rush hour. midmorning into the lunch time and ran breaking east with a little bit of sleet and west -- sleet and snow to the west. cloudy and saudi to get back to work this week. 26-33 for the low tonight. temperature's rising a few degrees. and then the wind increasing out of this house tomorrow and sharing temperatures above freezing and ran for baltimore. sun up behind the cloudy skies at 6:53.

we and it strong enough for a small food advisory with a three-foot chop where water temperatures ranging from 35-38. the winter mix will change to snow later tomorrow meeting some accumulation tomorrow evening of about 1-3 inches. look how cold it is. 18 for the high. wind chill below zero and that will also adjust mid-week. the system coming true tomorrow will be mild enough for rain. 44 tamara on the eastern shore. 35 friday. the beaches almost 50 tomorrow with ran especially in the afternoon. breezy and cold behind it. 37 and gusting wind making that 30 feel like the wind chill is down in the 20's. here comes the warm front. louisville at 60 degrees. nine at international falls. below zero in central canada. the storm dragging down a blast

of that cold arctic air. then we have a few chances for wintry precipitation later in the week. 60% chance of rain tomorrow with a high of 45. wind gusting up to 35 on wednesday with a high of only 35. an afternoon high of 40. winter mix late friday and saturday. rain and wet snow mixed together with a high near 40. another storm with a chance for more winter weather next monday. >> from the susquehanna bank's board center, this is 11 sports. >> you can debate all day whether the orioles should have had more big signings, but they had a great bullpen and it makes sense to keep it in tact. the announce today that they re- signed relief pitcher darren o'day. he appeared in 69 games last season and mystified with his

submarine delivery. 4 teams in 7 years. so far, he has some financial security and it makes this the happiest president's day of his life. >> it means a lot especially in business where it can be transient. this is my fourth team. to be at such an exciting point and bringing that traditional successful baseball baltimore means a lot. for them to commit two years to me as a player, it means a lot. >> another move a favorite in the bullpen, not taking part in the world baseball classic, he pitched for mexico in winter ball which just concluded. his decision to skip the world baseball classic making for a smoother transition back to his

center -- his winter training. jones will be playing. howard's suspension was lifted after roman one game. he made him sit out teh maryland-duke game. howard will travel to boston and for tomorrow night's game at boston college. he says having to sit out the up set against duke, the biggest win, help to get the point across about the need to follow t rolls. the thrill of the win over duke continue to have a trickle down effect. itduke falling from number 2 to 6. a drop of 4. maryland received 2 votes.

this could be the catalyst leading them back to the n.c.a.a. tournament. >> considering it was the final game as acc opponents that comcast. >> sometimes you have to call the chapter. >> and they did. >> tom has another look at the seven-day forecast.

>> you have added your phone number to the national do not call registry, but would you still get calls? and 11 news your says it happens to him and he is fed up. mindy basara explains. >> over the last four years, i have gotten constantly worst. >> he's talking about phone

calls from telemarketers even though he has been on the do not call list since 2003. >> it ticks me off. >> some come from a maryland company and the owner says he has done nothing wrong. >> i get calls from these people looking for money. they will take my credit card, but i cannot call you? >> of things can fall through the cracks. and a little-known part of the law of leaving some companies law of leaving some companies not responsible.

>> 10 years ago we were digging out of 30 inches of snow. presidents' day weekend is notorious around here for big snow. tomorrow, be on the lookout for sleet and snow in the morning. up to 45 in the afternoon. sunny wednesday and thursday and another winter makes the start the weekend with a high near 40. >> thinks for joining us. >> nbc nightly news with brian

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